Montreal police use tear gas to disperse Habs fans after series victory
Montreal police deployed tear gas in the city's downtown on Thursday to disperse crowds shortly after the Habs victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.While the Bell Centre…
Canada’s largest transplant centre slowly marches toward normal after weeks of ‘wasted’ organs
Last July, Sarah Frazer learned she had two years at most before she would need to replace her failing kidneys."I was 23 at the time — a…
Outrage over developer’s plan to buy single-family homes reveals a Canadian fixation
In the current overheated dog-eat-dog race to buy a home in Canada, we probably shouldn't have been shocked by the wave of outrage triggered by a big…
False sightings, reports of gunfire: Court documents reveal details of RCMP response to N.S. mass shooting
The first RCMP officers to arrive in Portapique, N.S., during last year's shooting rampage thought they had spotted the gunman, but learned hours later it was a…
‘A great day’: Electronic logging devices becoming mandatory in semi trucks in Canada to combat driver fatigue
A new era in highway safety regulation begins in Canada on Saturday as electronic logging devices that track a driver's hours behind the wheel become mandatory in…
Premier rejects calls to apologize to N.B. doctor after COVID-19-related charge withdrawn
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is rejecting calls to apologize to a family doctor who had been blamed for a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton last year and…
Partially paralyzed Indigenous man left in wheelchair he can’t operate outside Toronto ER files complaint
It felt like –7 C outside when Charles Hussin found himself kicked out of a downtown Toronto hospital's emergency department in January and left on the sidewalk…
Researchers claim mystery of rare blood clots tied to COVID vaccines solved, but experts urge caution
A German research team has put forward a potential solution to prevent the rare, serious blood clots caused by two leading COVID-19 vaccines, but other scientists warn…
Federal COVID Alert app caught 400 cases of COVID-19 in April
The federal government's COVID Alert app sent out 35,000 exposure notifications last month that resulted in the identification of at least 400 COVID-19 cases, says Health Canada.That…
Man accused of killing girlfriend weeks after prison release has history of rape, violence: parole documents
Less than six weeks after Philip Toner finished serving a five-year sentence for raping a 15-year-old girl, he has been charged with killing his girlfriend, Brenda Ware,…
Why some pet owners are taking their felines on the cat walk — and why it’s not as easy as it looks
When Hayley Vendiola, 23, takes Reinhardt for a walk, she draws a crowd.During a recent jaunt in Richmond, B.C.'s Minoru Park, a stream of onlookers, a photographer…